Enrollment
257
Middle
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELGIN LOCAL·NCES 390484103241
Elgin Middle School
1200 Keener Rd S, Marion, OH 43302 · (740) 223-4300 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Ohio public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
152 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 89 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 32% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Elgin Middle School→Elgin High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elgin Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
48.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 59.6% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 44.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Elgin Middle School
Elgin Middle School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Middle School this school | 257 | 59.1% | 49.1% |
| Jefferson Area Junior High School Jefferson | 285 | 55.8% | 62.8% |
| Kenton Middle School Kenton | 285 | 55.4% | 53.4% |
| Crestview Middle School Ashland | 271 | 62.4% | 67.5% |
| Eastern MS Winchester | 254 | 55.9% | 65.4% |
| Poland Middle School Poland | 380 | 56.1% | 84.3% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Elgin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #306 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #527 of 637 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #523 of 637 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #296 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #537 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #125 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #465 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #50 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #56 of 169 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
257
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 9.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 257 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 59% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 58% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 22.5 | 11.6:1 | 48% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 29 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 15.5 | 14.1:1 | 46% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 52% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 13 | 17.8:1 | 45% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 15% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elgin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (219 to 257); teachers up 16% (15.5 to 18).
About Elgin Middle School
Elgin Middle School is a public middle school in Marion, Ohio. Its enrollment is 257 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Ohio enroll around 482, and this school is 47% below that mark.
Elgin Local is the district for Elgin Middle School. It has 3 schools and 1,022 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at Elgin Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 59% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Elgin Middle School lands at D, ahead of 11% of Ohio public middle schools.
In Ohio, Elgin Middle School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.1% compared with a predicted 66.5%.
Marion County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $59,371, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Elgin Middle School shares Marion County with 26 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Elgin High School, is the closest to Elgin Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 261 students in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 9.0:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Elgin Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,371
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elgin Local
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 275 students
Other schools in Marion
- TRECA Digital AcademyCombined · 2,165 students
- Ulysses S. Grant Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Harding High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Buckeye Community School - MarionHigh · 824 students
- Tri-Rivers Career CenterHigh · 583 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
Other Elgin Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elgin Middle. Elgin Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Elgin Middle SchoolELGIN, TX · 839 students
- Elgin Middle SchoolElgin, OK · 799 students
Nearby schools
- Elgin High School0.0 mi · 275
- Elgin Elementary School0.0 mi · 490
- James A. Garfield Elementary School4.7 mi · 343
- William McKinley Elementary School4.9 mi · 444
- Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School5.4 mi · 230
- Buckeye Community School - Marion5.9 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Elgin Middle SchoolHow many students attend Elgin Middle School?
Elgin Middle School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Elgin Middle School serve?
Elgin Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Elgin Middle School have?
Elgin Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Elgin Middle School?
Student demographics at Elgin Middle School are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Elgin Middle School in?
Elgin Middle School is part of Elgin Local.
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